#chibouk

[clove-pinks]

Constantin Hansen, Et selskab af danske kunstnere i Rom, 1837 (Wikimedia Commons).

A very special Eighteen-Thirties Thursday today as I have finally learned the correct word for those wacky huge tobacco pipes that were in vogue with Europeans in the early to mid-19th century.

It is a Turkish style of pipe called a chibouk ("stick"); also romanized čopoq, ciunoux or tchibouque. The more you know! Constantin Hansen's 1837 painting of Danish artists in Rome has many lovely details in high resolution, including chibouk pipes.

[neverlandpixy]

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Cypriot Woman Smoking a Chibouk, after 1828.

[art-and-things-of-beauty]

Rudolf Ernst (1954-1932) - The chibouk smoker, oil on panel, 40,2 x 32 cm.

[xuxanov]

‘Le Fumeur De Chibouk’ (The Chibouk Smoker) by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, dated between 1820-1860

[songesoleil]

L'heure du chibouk. Oil on Canvas. 115 x 89.5 cm. ( 45.28 x 35.24 in.) Private collection, France.

European School. 19th Century.

[endilletante]

Inge Morath, Iran, Steidl, 2009.

Chibouk smoker, Persia, Tehran, 1956.

[mavciefendi]

An Armenian asug (Աշուղ) with a ten-string saz

An Armenian asug (Աշուղ) with a ten-string saz

“Oh you told me that you would marry me You fooled me with a ten-string saz now i see” From a Çankırı/Չանքըրը song

Today a friendof mine sent me a picture.  “An Armenian sofa Tokat or Sivas” was written under the description of this old and beautiful picture. I downloaded the photo and tried to see some details by zooming in, like whether the kamancha (upright violin) is played with nails and…

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[art-and-things-of-beauty]

Rudolf Ernst (1854-1932) - Chibouk smoker, oil on panel, 40,2 x 32 cm.